My Love For My Hometown

"You're so lucky you're in Europe.", "Wow, you're life will be better there than in the Philippines", "Consider yourself very lucky with the opportunity given to you".

I hear those all the time from people who do not understand me. Yes, i know i am blessed because we're given the chance to live in a developed country such as Germany. Being in Germany i could taste food some people in the Philippines would never have the chance to even try, i could get the things i want and i could experience a better life here. But i guess for me, i'm still longing for what my life used to be in the Philippines. Where it may be hard, but fun. Life there may not be as luxurious but i like it that way. I am happy with just the simple things in life and in the Philippines, i can live a really happy life by just being simple and being myself. I have lived in different countries already, 4 to be exact including the Philippines. I have to admit that no other place would ever beat my hometown.

In the first place, i didn't want to go back to the Philippines since i got use to life abroad. I don't know anything about my country, i didn't know how to speak the language and i didn't know how to live life in a simple way. But after living there for 3 years, i fell in love with the Philippines. The people there taught me how to be a better person. I also met real and true friends, who i know i can always count on. Lastly i met a guy who has truly changed me and made me a happier person. Everything i need in life is in my hometown. 

So when people judge me saying i'm crazy and that i don't know what i'm saying, or telling me that i should be happy with living abroad, i just stay silent. I know for a fact that i don't have to explain myself to them. I don't have to go deeper with how i feel. I don't have to explain why i think differently from them, because they firstly need to step into my shoes to experience what i have experienced, both good and bad, to understand my perspective in life. To understand that i do want to go back and live in the Philippines again not just because of my friends and boyfriend, but because i know that i can be myself and that i can be successful one day in my own hometown that i love.